Post by jakicker on Mar 12, 2012 6:59:54 GMT -5

There can be only one.

It's time for the sixth (?) annual Bonnaroo vs Coachella March Madness Tournament! This is the one tournament every year that determines not only the greatest festival band of this year, but will also give a clue as to which festival has the better lineup. This year, the tournament is going to perfectly coincide with the actual March Madness tournament, with our champion being crowned at the sound of the final buzzer on April 2nd. So for year six or so in a row, let the Bonnaroo vs Coachella Tournament begin!

The tournament is all about the bands themselves, so base your votes upon which band you would rather see in an ideal live setting. It is not necessarily a contest of the better festival but more of which top bands would win in a head to head competition. There are a few overlapping bands, and whichever festival listed the band higher in their lineup gets to claim the band. I will label those bands accordingly. The seedings of the bands are in order of how they are listed as well. Obviously, Coachella is more difficult to rank because of how their lineup is broken into three days, but as always, we do the best we can.

The 64 bands (32 from Bonnaroo and 32 from Coachella) are put into four regions of 16 apiece, just like the NCAA March Madness. In Round One, each match will feature a Bonnaroo artist against a Coachella artist.

Rules are simple: everyone gets one vote per match, and please try to vote in every match. If you absolutely have no opinion on a match, or if you hate both the artists, you are allowed to not vote on that match. Every section gets 2 days to vote, and I will do everything in my power to make sure we stay on track every time. I will always post the time in which the voting will end for each group of matches, typically based around what time I get off work that day. Any tie breaker will be broken by the first voter from each round. Whoever they picked will go to the next round. Starting with the Elite Eight, anyone with less than ten posts will not be counted as a real vote. This is to keep people from creating extra accounts to vote multiple times. And one final thing, please refrain from trying to advertise for a certain band during voting, as this can be seen as unfair and also make it harder for me to count the votes.